Good morning, these are the latest ECHO headlines today.
Dad given six months to live after waking up to paramedics in bedroom
A dad told how his life changed overnight after he woke up to paramedics in his bedroom.
Dave Bolton was 33 when he was rushed to hospital after having a 15 minute nocturnal seizure only to later discover he had a brain tumour. Thinking back to that night, Dave recalls going to bed ready for his daughter's birthday the next day and waking up unaware of what had happened.
Dave told the ECHO: "I just remember wolfing down a bowl of cereal because I hadn’t eaten properly, knowing I had to get up in the morning and going to bed - and then coming around at about quarter to midnight with paramedics in my room.
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"I’d stopped breathing and it transpired I’d had a 15 minute nocturnal seizure but when I came around I was just groggy so I tried to to kick them out of the house.
"The paramedics were really good, they said 'Dave what do you do for a living?' And I said 'I’m in the police.' They said 'well where do you work?' And I said 'I don’t know.' 'What’s your date of birth?' 'I don’t know' - and suddenly I realised."
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Two still on run after 'skull mask gang' sowed terror in city
The so-called 'skull mask gang' carried machetes and firearms and left their victims mentally scarred.
Over the summer of 2017, ordinary men and women, preparing to go home after a long shift, were suddenly faced with the terrifying sight of armed men in black skull masks, bursting into restaurants and bars across the city. Led by violent thug Frankie Wood, the men hit nine different premises, one on two different days, in a spate of robberies.
Three of those involved in the conspiracy were jailed for lengthy terms three years ago, but at least two accomplices have so far evaded justice. Merseyside Police told the ECHO two further arrests were made, but the suspects were later released without charge.
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Back in March 2018, Wood's family gasped in horror as he was jailed for 19 years, with an extended five years on licence, at Liverpool Crown Court. Look-out and getaway driver Hayley Digney, 34, did not threaten or attack her victims directly, but was slammed by Judge Neil Flewitt, QC, for providing a vehicle and carrying out reconnaissance of the gang's targets while knowing what was going to happen.
Digney was jailed for 14 and a half years, while henchman Thomas Lacken, 39, was jailed for 10 years for joining in one of the raids. The ECHO looks back at an extraordinary crime spree which left ripples of trauma across the city.
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Neighbours heard loud 'ruckus' before man found dead in garden
A woman said she heard a 'ruckus' shortly before the body of man was found in the back garden of a nearby house.
The emergency services were called out to Smallridge Close in Pensby at around 4am today (Sunday) following reports that a body had been found. A man was pronounced dead at the scene.
Two women, both 20 and from Heswall; a 25-year-old man from Eastham; a 23-year-old man, from Pensby; and a 30-year-old man, from Thingwall, were arrested on suspicion of murder. The three men and two women were set to be questioned by detectives.
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On Sunday a neighbour spoke of hearing noises during the early hours of the morning. The woman said: "I heard a ruckus during the early hours."
The woman's partner said: "The police knocked on the door and told us there had been an incident. The undertakers came out later in the day to remove the body. "
The neighbour said that he knew the man who lived at the address. He said: "Yes we knew him to say hello to . But it is not clear yet who died. I can say that there had not been any trouble or incidents at the house in the past."
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